Using a cut-off value of p<0.1 the following candidate predictors were entered into multivariable models: age (continuous or dichotomous for age 60 or 70 cut-offs), MMSE score, angiotensin 2 antagonist, diuretic and digoxin use, presence of hypertension, any cardiovascular disease (composite of history of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris or congestive heart failure), stroke, Parkinson’s disease, hospital admission within the last year, WHO disability level, any disability in activities of daily living and systolic interarm difference (continuous or using ≥10 mm Hg cut-off). This evidence concerns the gene AGT and Stroke.